was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who was a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature). A native of

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, and graduate of the

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, he joined the

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in 1960, attending the

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while in the ministry. Leaving the ministry in 1981, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1986. After losing his seat in 1996, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998. Matsuda died from

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on 3 February 2022, at the age of 84.元科学技術担当相・松田岩夫氏が死去

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